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Yep I read that. I also personally know of many other big blocks, some were non-solid lifter engines, that blew up. And I have several CE 396 and 402 blocks - they are not all 4 bolt main blocks. So there were non L78 blocks needed for warranty.

It would be very unusual for a housing to fail or if components failed it would be unusual for the housing to be damaged. Normal service work would have been to replace the damaged parts and thatís it.

It would take severe abuse or an accident to damage a housing and thatís not covered under warranty.

Gary, it is a serial sequence number and just because you are older than me - it doesn't mean you have to disagree with me. And it doesn't me mean that you are always right.

Serial number usually means it can be tracked back to a specific assembly (think paper money, firearm, etc.) Not completely true in this case. There were probably some internal records, but those are likely long gone.

If you are going to constantly nit pick every single post I make, it's going to be "not fun" for either of us.

Well, it is only an opinion, but I think the engine stamp still seems OK. I could be wrong. With things like this you always want to check the rest of the engine to see if components match up, and that things on the car also match up.

I disagree on that; *most Chevy engines* (whether small or large) that are 'blown up' are solid lifter engines that are OVER-revved (usually by inexpert drivers that are unfamiliar with solid lifter engines).

Here is the information from the post mentioned, which was over on yenko.net (fixed some typos and formatting)

I donít know if this means the custom painting was done at the dealership, special ordered or a combination of both.

The following is from an article from Kenny Ross himself in January 1970, through the Chevrolet Central magazine:

Kenny Ross, from Kenny Ross Chevrolet, is Performance minded, but not a specialist. He has been keeping a close watch on the Youth market for some time. "marketing for all sorts of products has been aimed at the under 25's-and that includes cars."Even though the Dealership is not located in a Performance area, he believes that getting into the performance market is the way to reach young buyers. Today, close to 25% of their new car business is in peformance cars."The kids are looking for identification,........individualty, they're looking for a Car with Flare....speed...color-something different.For this reason we do a lot of custom painting.The Kenny Ross Dealership has three specialists on the sales staff, and a separate showroom for High performance parts.The most Important thing a dealer needs, Ross Believes, is a Service Dept. equipped to handle performance car business. When it comes to ordering, most of the Kids Know as much about the cars as anyone on our staff. But if you don't have good service, you lose the business. This is especially true in make-ready, so we can make an extra special effort preparing performance cars for Delivery".(Outstanding equipment in their service department includes a Dynamometer-not usually found outside specialized speed shops.)